Rack construction for roasters



April 17, 1951 M. A. POTTS RACK CONSTRUCTION FOR ROASTERS 2 Sheets-Sheet1 Filed Aug. 12, 1949 INVENTOR.

April 17, 19 51 M. A. POTTS I 2,549,709

RACK CONSTRUCTION FOR ROASTERS Filed Aug. 12, 1949 Z'Sheets-Sheet 2 EYEI I 7 l 9 l a 7 i 5 I l /3 I 3b 3 4 /3b l H: /a l3a INN TOR.

Patented Apr. 11, 1951' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RACK CONSTRUCTIONFOR ROASTERS Myrle A. Potts, Parma Heights, Ohio, assignor ofthirty-three and one-third per cent to Paul C. Potts andthirty-three andone-third per cent to Davis J. Parker, both of Parma, Ohio ApplicationAugust 12, 1949, Serial No. 109,969

4 Claims.

to provide such a rack in which the grill bars or rods of thecomplemental sections of the rack coact with one another when inassembled relation so that the free ends of said grill barsor rodsperform the function of leg members or rest members for engaging thebottom of the pan. 7

or roaster or otherisurface upon which the cooking rack is to restduring the cooking operation whereby to support the cooking rack in araise or spaced relation to such surface.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a cooking rackconstructed of identical complemental sections which are telescopinglycooperable in assembled relation. 7

A further object of my invention is to provide such a cooking rackconstructed of identical compl mental sections, each section providedwith a pivoted handle member, and the handle members arranged onopposite sides of the rack when the complemental sections are incooperative relation.

A still further object of my invention is to provide such a rackconstructed principally of heavy wire or rod members constituting theframe portion, the grill bars and the han le memb rs.

A further. object of my invention is to provide such a cooking rackcomprising identical complemental sections and composed chiefly of heavywire or rod members constituting the frame handles and grill bars andwith one of the outer grill bars of each complemental section providedwith means for telescopically receivingthe free end of a grill bar ofthe other section.

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a cooking rack orgrill device comprising two complemental sections each consisting offrame and grill bar elements composed ofheavy wire or rod members andeach section having a pivoted handle member, all composed of similarheavywire or rod members, and all of the rod members or heavy wiremembers utilized in the rack construction being preferably of uniformthickness so that manufacture of the devices of my invention is greatlysimplified in reference to the material utilized and also in referenceto the construction of identical complemental rack sections, therebyenabling the devices of my invention to be manufactured very cheaply andwith a minimum amount of labor while providing a very satisfactorydevice for the purpose. The frame member of my rack device consisting ofa single heavy wire or rod member, is bent to form the grill bars atopposite ends of each section and one of these end grill bar elements isprovided with a sleeve to receive the end grill bar element of thecomplemental rack section.v

One objective of my invention is to provide a cooking rack comprisingcomplemental sections which may be manipulated by respective handles forlifting of the cooked meat out of the roasting pan when cooking and toseparate the sections over a platter so as to deposit the cooked meat onthe latter.

For-a detailed description of my invention reference is now had to theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view. in end elevation of a cooking'rack embodying myinvention, the same illustrated as when disposed in a roaster shown bydotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the cooking rack embodying my inventionshowing the complemental sections of the rack in cooperative telescopedrelation. I

Figure 3 is a side elevation looking toward the bottom of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the complementalsections with the end grill bars withdrawn from their telescopingrelation.

Figure 6 is a section taken on the line 6-45 of Figure 2. v

In the drawings, the cooking rack of my invention is generallydesignated by the letter A, the same comprising two complemental grillsections designated'B and C respectively. It will be apparent fromexamination of Figures 2 and 5 particularly that the grill sections Band C are identical in all respects and that they are assembled inreversed or opposed relation to complete the cooking rack unit A asshown in assembled relation in Figure 2.

Each of the identical complemental rack or grill sections B and Ccomprises a frame member I comprising a heavy Wire or light rod memberbent to form the end grill bar 2 and 3 respectively at opposite ends ofthe respective grill section B or 0. Each of the complemental sections2B and C is further provided with identically arranged, spaced parallel,grill bars 4, 5, 6, 1, 8,

9, and I respectively, arranged intermediate the end grill bars 2 and 3and parallel thereto, and one end of each of the grill bars 4, 5, 6, i,8, 9 and I0 is suitably secured to the frame member I as by welding.

It will be noted that the grill bar 4 of each section B or C is spacedfrom the grill bar 2 a distance which is less than the distance betweenthe other grill bars 5, 6, l, 3, 9, and 18, which are equidistantlyspaced from each other, the grill bar 5 having a like equidistantspacing from the grill bar 4 and the grill bar It] having a likeequidistant spacin from the end grill bar 3.

The grill bar 3 of each section is provided with a sleeve element II atits free end for receiving the free end 2a of the complemental grillsection B or C. Thus, the sleeve H and the end bar 3 Y of the grillsection B receives the free end 211 of the end grill bar 2 of the grillsection C and similarly the sleeve II and the grill bar 3 or" thesection C receives the end 211 of the end grill bar 2 of the grillsection B.

Each of the grill sections B and C is preferably additionally providedwith a cros bar l2 secured to the grill bars 2, 4i, 5, l, 8, 9, IE and3, intermediate the ends of the latter, the cross bars l2 extendingsubstantially parallel to the portion of the frame member I intermediatethe end bars 2 and 3 thereof.

Each of the sections B and C is provided with a respective handle member13 comprising a heavy wire or rod member formed of substantial U shapeas seen best in Figure 3. handle members is formed at its free end withloops 13a and I3?) looped around the frame member I of the respectivegrill section B or C for pivotally connecting the handles l3 thereto asshown best in Figures 3 and 4.

All of the parts I, 4-, 5, 6, T, 8, 9, H3, 12 and I3, comprise membersmade up of heavy wire or light rod which may preferably be of uniformthickness for all of said parts, and the part i being bent to form thegrill bars 2 and 3 from the same piece of heavy wire or light rod.Likewise, the sleeves H are identical for each of the sections B and C.Thus, the materials for the manufacture of the grill or cooking rackunits of my invention comprise simply heavy wire or rods of uniformthickness and uniform sleeve elements H.

In the use of the cooking rack A of my invention the sections, B and Cmay be readily assembled together by inserting the end 2a of the grillbar 2 of section B into the sleeve l on grill bar 3 of grill section Cand inserting the end 2a of grill bar 2 of section C into the sleeve Hon grill bar 3 of section B, the ends 20, sliding telescopingly intosleeves ll. It may be noted that the cross bars !2 may be of a length tojust extend between the end grill bars 2 and 3 so that the cross barsi2, secured to the end grill bars 2 and 3 as by welding or the like, arein a common plane with the grill bars 2 and 3 and frame portion Iintermediate the latter. The grill bars 4, 5, 6, l, 8, 9, and iii, maybe mounted to lie on top of the frame portion 1 and the cross bars 12 soas to be in a slightly higher plane, the said grill bars Q to Ill beingwelded or otherwise suitably secured to the frame portion i and crossbars E2; Thus, when the sections B and C are assembled with the ends 2areceived in the sleeves H, the grill bars 4, 5, 6, l, 8, B, and iii, maybe caused to lie on top of the cross bar 2 of the other section wherebythe grill bars t to It of,

Each of the 4 each section will all be in a common plane when the twosections B and C are assembled.

On the other hand, even though the grill sections B and C are assembledwith the grill bars 4, 5, 6, l, 8, 9 and Ill of both sections, all inthe same plane not extending beneath the cross bars l2, the bottom loopsof the handle members l3 will rest on the surface of the bottom of thepan or roaster as Shown in Figure 1 to support the grill device A in aslightly upraised position, or the handles it may be swung around topositions reverse to those of Figure 1, thereby to cause the grill tolie with its other side down and slightly closer to the bottom of theroaster.

In the use of the device, when the sections B and C are in assembledcondition and placed in the pan or roaster, as shown in Figure 1, themeat to be roasted or grilled may be emplaced upon the grill barsbetween the handles l3. When the cooking is finished the cooked meat maybe raised up out of the roaster by grasping the handles i3 and then withthe device A placed over a platter, the handle it may be manipulated topull the sections B and C apart so as to withdraw the bars 2 from thetelescoping relation with the sleeves ii and cause the cooked meat to bedeposited upon the platter in a very advantageous manner which does notinvolve breaking apart of the meat or grasping of the same by othermeans.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. A cooking rack comprising two identical complemental grill sections,each grill section comprising a U-shaped structure including a sideframe part consisting of a heavy wire member having its ends bent at aright angle to iorm grill bars at opposite ends thereof, a plurality ofintermediate grill bars composed of heavy wire members secured at oneend to said frame part in spaced parallel relation to the end grillbars, and a cross bar attached at its ends to the bent ends of theU-shaped structure, the cross bar of each grill section underlying andsupporting the intermediate grill bars of the other grill section, andmeans on each section having telescoping relation with one of the grillbars on the other section.

2. A cooking rack as in claim 1, in which the intermediate grill baradjacent one end grill bar is closely spaced relative thereto, theintermediate grill bars being equidistantly spaced a greater distancefrom one another and from the opposite end grill bar of the respectivesection, whereby when the sections are assembled in telescopingrelation, the intermediate grill bars of one section will lie on top ofthe cross bars of the other section, so that the intermediate grill barsof both sections lie in alternating relation and in a substantiallycommon plane.

3. A cooking rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate grillbars of one grill section are slidable over and on the cross bar of theother section, and the free ends of the intermediate grill bars of onesection are movable to rest on the frame part of the U-shaped structureof the other section.

4. A cooking rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate grillbars of one grill section are slidable over and on the cross bar of theother section, and the free ends of the intermediate grill bars of onesection are movable to rest on the frame part of the U-shaped structureof theother section, the intermediate grill bars of each grill sectionlying in substantially the same plane as those of the other section, andone of the bent end grill bar members of each grill section having asleeve to receive the adjacent bent end grill bar of the other sectionto provide the telescopic means referred to.

MYRLE A. POTTS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file01' this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Number Young May 12, 1903 5 NumberNumber

